What if you could finally use Apple Pay in your unsupported country? What if you had great digital payments security (Apple Pay physical chip encrypts each transaction and doesn’t reveal your card data to anyone), didn’t have to take your wallet with you to buy goods, and could confuse the hell out of cashiers who…Read More

UPDATE: As of March 18, 2019, topping-up Boon account with bank cards is limited to cards issued in the Apple Pay supported countries. Cards issued in the Baltics do not work. Topping-up Boon account with a wire transfer still works (takes about 20 hours). That is why I found out a new way of using Apple Pay in…Read More

Have you been daydreaming about quitting your “real” job and moving to freelance? Would you like to have a 4-week vacation, no work on official bank holidays and sick-days and still earn €1000/month after taxes on average? Good! Here’s how much you should hustle.

Do you think getting your income tax refund in Latvia is very hard and not worth the hassle? Good news! Latvia most probably owes you a few hundred euros, and you can file the annual tax return online in just 5 minutes (true story)! 🤑

NOTE: If you were looking for a €6 Wolt promo code, then it’s DAVIS. (with a dot). Read more about getting your 6€ discount here. 😁 I’ll always remember what my Finnish friend Miku (who’s living in Riga) said after I told him that food delivery service Wolt launched in our city – ‘YESSS! My…Read More

NOTE: If you were looking for a free-ride Bolt promo code then it’s DAVIS. Download Bolt and read more about getting your first ride FREE worth up to €10 here. 😁 Is New Year’s Eve made for one of the largest parties of the year? WRONG! It’s made for side-hustling at Bolt (previously – Taxify)…Read More

One of the quotes that I could tattoo on my skin is a quote from an American journalist Herbert Bayard Swope, ‘I can’t give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.‘ 💯

Being in a relationship with a banker certainly has its perks! 😋 It turns out that there are certain guaranteed investments in Latvia that qualify for an income tax refund, and the tax refund itself offers some ROI even in the worst case scenario. Read my experience below!

NOTE: If you were looking for a Taxify promo code then it’s DAVIS. Download Taxify and read more about getting your first free ride worth up to €10 here. 😁 Car-sharing services like CarGuru (a.k.a. ZipCar for Riga, Latvia) are nice alternatives to getting around the city, but what if you rented one and drove for…Read More